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Houston Public Media Newscasts

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Local newscasts from Houston Public Media, updated during drive times.

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Houston Matters

Houston Public Media

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you ...

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Engines of Our Ingenuity

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The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.

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Party Politics

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Overwhelmed by the political news cycle every week? We get it — that’s why we’re ‘keeping the fun but losing all the drama’ of politics! Party Politics podcast is hosted by Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina, two smart and sassy University of Houston political science professors, who deliver a friendly, funny, and casually informative recap of the week's biggest political news stories. Join the conversation on Twitter @HPMPolitics; use #PartyPoliticsPod to ask Brandon and Jeronimo ques ...

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Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

St.John Flynn

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In this weekly web feature, St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly provide a quick, fun overview of the opera to be heard Saturday afternoon on HPM Classical and houstonpublicmedia.org.

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Encore Houston

Houston Public Media

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Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program.

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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey

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Hurricane Harvey was a seminal moment in the history of Houston. Five years later, where do things stand? Houston Public Media examines efforts to make the region more resilient to better prepare for the next big storm.

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Moonwalk

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In 1969, we reached the moon. With each step on its surface, every year an astronaut orbits our planet and with every dream of the possibilities beyond – a new generation falls in love with space exploration. Fifty years after Apollo 11, today's NASA astronauts, voices from the Apollo Era and students from the Mars generation are brought together to share their journeys and to remember an unforgettable moment.

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Hurricane Season

Houston Public Media

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"Hurricane Season" is an eight-episode podcast that explores how major storms going back to 1900 greatly impacted Greater Houston people and policies. As we approach the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, the nation's worst rainstorm, Houston Public Media takes a look back at some of the biggest storms that have impacted the Gulf Coast and its development, policies, and people. "Hurricane Season" host Andrew Schneider starts with the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

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Stories from the Storm

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Nearly one year later, community leaders, public servants, and everyday Houstonians reflect on Hurricane Harvey and how the storm changed their lives – from the way they define community to how they envision their future and the future of Houston. On the verge of another hurricane season, people share personal stories of coming together, survival and transformation.

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Big Red Wrap-Up

Nebraska Public Media

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Provides a weekly recap of each Husker football game, including highlights, in-depth analysis, background segments, special guests from the world of Nebraska sports, and the latest Cornhusker recruiting news.

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Public Historians at Work

Center for Public History @ University of Houston

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Welcome to “Public Historians at Work,” a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, Texas. Our vision at CPH is to ignite an understanding of our diverse pasts by collaborating with and training historically minded students, practitioners, and the public through community-driven programming and scholarship. In this podcast series, we speak with academics, writers, artists, and community members about what it means to do history and humanities work for an ...

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2 Up Front Soccer

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Talking about the beautiful game from an American perspective.

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EcoJustice Radio

SoCal 350 Media

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EcoJustice Radio presents environmental and climate stories from a social justice frame, featuring voices not necessarily heard on mainstream media. Our purpose is to amplify community voices, broaden the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspire action. We investigate solutions for social, environmental, and climate issues with an eye to advance human health, steward wild landscapes, and solve the climate crisis across the USA and the world. Featured weekly on KPFK Los Angeles and KP ...

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Wealth & Poverty from Marketplace APM

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The Marketplace Wealth and Poverty Desk explores money and class, where we came from and where our country is going economically, thanks to funding from the Ford Foundation. We want to hear your stories, ideas, and questions to help us create great journalism about the growing concentration of wealth in the United States. We’ll report on the forces and policies that led to the wealth gap. We’ll look at what the consequences are, good or bad, for our families and communities. We’ll be asking ...

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Pivot Podcast

It's Never Too Late To Pivot

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Former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder have transcended the podcast game, topping the charts globally by creating a new form of media and carving an unprecedented niche in the space of sports, music and entertainment. Hosting weekly sit-down conversations with A-list stars, delivering timely discussions on important topics, not only becoming a voice of influence but one of impact as their unguarded emotion, humor and experience has established The Pivot as a premiere p ...

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The Many Faces of StellaNova-A Podcast for the StellaNova Foundation

Doug Harris

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The Many Faces of StellaNova is the podcast for the StellaNova Foundation a Houston-based 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide funding for local organizations which support responsible mental health care to those in need. Such groups provide services to Houstonians who may not have access to, or resources for, care and treatment. The Foundation and its mission are funded by donations from the public and private sector, as well as the proceeds of special events staged for that pur ...

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Working Wisdom from the C. T. Bauer College of Business

C. T. Bauer College of Business

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"Working Wisdom" is a podcast from the C. T. Bauer College of Business, focusing on work, life and everything in between, featuring conversations with amazing people who have navigated and overcome obstacles to achieve personal and professional success, sharing their perspectives with our hosts and audience. Through this podcast, we aim to provide both inspiration and practical tips on work/life balance, how to transition personally and professionally, and making business more accommodating ...

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Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

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Through a series of riveting, complex narratives, LONG SHADOW makes sense of what people know — and what they thought they knew — about the most pivotal moments in U.S. history, including Waco, Columbine, Y2K, 9/11, COVID-19, January 6, and beyond. Hosted by Pulitzer-finalist historian, author, and journalist Garrett Graff, this Peabody-nominated podcast has been called “rigorous, authoritative, and an electrifying listen” by the Financial Times and honored as one of the year's best podcasts ...

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The SPAC Podcast

Joshua Wilson

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🎙️ Welcome to The SPAC Podcast — your front-row seat to the dynamic world of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Hosted by Michael Blankenship, a leading capital markets attorney and partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, and Joshua Wilson, executive producer and capital markets advisor, The SPAC Podcast brings you candid conversations, insider insights, and sharp analysis from the people shaping the future of the SPAC market. Whether you’re a sponsor, investor, founder, attorney, banker, or ju ...

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Climate Money Watchdog

Dina Rasor & Greg Williams

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Climate Money Watchdog is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power with a focus on government expenditures related to climate change mitigation and environmental remediation. When the government and private organizations fail the public or silence those who report wrongdoing, we will be there as an open or anonymous place for them to help expose the corruption and maleficence. We champion reforms to achieve more effective, ethical, an ...

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The Libertarian Professor

Scott Ford, M.Ed.

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Scott Ford, M.Ed., is the ONLY talk show host in Texas and the United Stated that has been both a classroom teacher and worked for or with the DEA, FBI, and CIA. Scott has been an award-winning educator for over 16 years and has the honor of teaching public school and college students. In addition to his teaching, he also has done work for the DEA, FBI, and CIA. He walked away from a $150,000 position with the NSA because of their blatant and continuing violation of our civil rights. ------- ...

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